Wilford (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°4'51", Longitude 82°28'33"

Period of record: 14 sampling dates; February 21, 1998 to August 22, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.3

Sulfate (mg/L)

9.6

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

38.0

Calcium (mg/L)

20.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

255

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

28

Sodium (mg/L)

24.0

Chloride (mg/L)

47.3

Potassium (mg/L)

1.4

Silicon (mg/L)

0.6

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 14 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

16

25

68

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

470

640

880

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

6.5

14.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.0

6.8

9.0

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 3 stations for total phosphorus (TP, µg/L), total nitrogen (TN, µg/L), chlorophyll (CHL, µg/L) and Secchi depth (SECCHI, ft) during 1999:

Date

TP (µg/L)

TN (µg/L)

CHL (µg/L)

SECCHI (ft

Jan-10-99

17

540

2.0

8.0

Feb-18-99

33

880

5.0

6.0

Mar-20-99

22

690

5.0

7.0

May-16-99

23

490

6.0

5.0

Jun-25-99

22

680

7.3

5.0

Aug-22-99

23

670

11.7

5.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

23

660

6.2

6.0

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